Ruler of Olympus · Entry I
Zeus/ Jupiter
King of the gods, ruler of the sky, weather, thunder, law and universal order.
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Aeolus (Aiolos)Aeolus
Keeper of the winds; the warden appointed to pen and release the storm-winds.
The winds as a group, which he keeps locked up and releases only on the gods' command; islands; horse-taming.02AmphitriteSalacia
Goddess of the open sea; queen and consort of the sea-god.
The sea itself, especially the deep salt water and its calm; salt springs; and, as queen, the whole marine realm.03AphroditeVenus
Goddess of love, beauty, passion, procreation, desire, and imperial lineage.
Love, erotic desire, physical beauty, fertility, maritime prosperity (Venus Erycina), victory (Venus Victrix), dynastic mother of Rome (Venus Genetrix).04Apollo (Phoebus)Apollo (Phoebus Apollo)
God of the sun, light, music, prophecy, poetry, medicine, healing, and archery.
Music, lyrical poetry, divine prophecy, archery, the sun/light, physical plague, medical healing, truth, reason.05AresMars
God of war, physical aggression, military discipline, and national protection.
Warfare, martial discipline, physical courage, bloodshed (Ares), agriculture and borders (Mars).06ArtemisDiana
Goddess of the hunt, wild nature, wild beasts, the moon, chastity, and childbirth.
Wilderness, hunting, wild animals, virginity, young girls' transitions, the moon, archery, childbirth relief (assisting mothers despite virginity).07Asclepius (Asklepios)Aesculapius
God of medicine and healing; a deified physician.
Medicine, healing, physicians, recovery from illness, and health-giving sleep.08Athena (Pallas Athena)Minerva
Goddess of wisdom, tactical warfare, craftsmanship, justice and civic intellect.
Strategic and defensive warfare, wisdom, reason, diplomacy, weaving, pottery, metallurgy, philosophy, civil justice, the trade guilds, heroes.09Atlas(Atlas)
The Titan condemned to hold up the sky for all eternity.
Endurance; astronomy and the fixed heavens; a guardian of the pillars separating earth and sky.10BoreasAquilo
God of the cold north wind; bringer of winter.
The north wind, winter, cold storms; and, for the Athenians, protection against enemy fleets.11ChlorisFlora
Goddess of flowers, blossom, spring and flowering plants.
Flowers and blossoming, spring, gardens, and the flowering of crops and vines - and so, indirectly, the harvest; youth and its pleasures.12CronusSaturn
Titan god of time, agricultural bounty, generational succession, and golden ages.
Agriculture, harvest, cyclical time, generational transition, wealth, social liberation during festival.13DemeterCeres
Goddess of agriculture, grain, harvest, maternal love, and the fertility of the earth.
Agriculture, grain cultivation, bread, harvest fertility, maternal devotion, sacred mysteries, civic law.14DionysusBacchus (Liber Pater)
God of wine, viticulture, ritual ecstasy, theater, madness, and liberation.
Wine, ritual madness, ecstatic dance, theatre, religious frenzy, fertility, vegetation, liberation from social restraints.15Dionysus and Ariadne / Persephone (identified with)Bacchus's older self: Liber and Libera
Archaic Italian pair of fertility gods of the vine, the seed and human increase, and of personal and civic freedom.
Viticulture and wine, the male life-force and fertile seed (Liber); female growth and the underworld maiden (Libera); libertas - both political liberty and release through wine.16EnyoBellona
Goddess of destructive war, battlefield frenzy, martial fury, and foreign war declarations.
Battlefield violence, war madness, terror, official declarations of foreign war.17EosAurora
Goddess of the dawn, morning light, dew, and daily awakening.
The dawn, morning light, dew, herald of the rising sun.18Erinyes (Eumenides)Furiae (Dirae)
Avenging underworld goddesses who punish crimes against blood-kin and the sacred order.
Vengeance, above all for the murder of a family member, and for perjury, offences against parents and guests, and the violation of natural law; curses; the guilty conscience.19ErisDiscordia
Goddess of discord, strife, chaos, jealousy, and rivalry.
Strife, conflict, civil discord, jealousy, military chaos, productive competition (in Hesiod).20ErosCupid (Amor)
God of erotic love, passion, romantic attraction, and desire.
Erotic love, uncontrollable passion, emotional longing, fertility, desire.21Gaia (Gaea)Terra (Tellus / Tellus Mater)
Primordial personification of the Earth; the universal mother from whom nearly all gods descend.
The Earth itself and all life that springs from the ground; oaths; prophecy - the first oracle at Delphi was hers before Apollo took it.22HadesPluto / Dis Pater (Orcus)
Lord of the underworld, ruler of the dead, guardian of subterranean mineral wealth.
The underworld, the dead, funeral rites, the unseen, subterranean riches, metals, gems, and (as the seed-corn buried in the soil) the coming harvest.23HeliosSol (Sol Invictus)
God of the physical sun, celestial radiance, sight, and timekeeping.
The physical sun, daylight, all-seeing surveillance, truth, oath witnessing.24HephaestusVulcan (Vulcanus / Mulciber)
God of fire, metallurgy, craftsmanship, volcanoes, and industrial technology.
Blacksmithing, metalwork, creative crafts, fire (both constructive and destructive), volcanoes, armor-making.25HeraJuno
Queen of the gods; goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, political counsel and the Roman state.
Marriage, queenship, family sanctity, women, childbirth (Juno Lucina), the state treasury and its warning (Juno Moneta), the vital force of every woman.26Heracles (Herakles)Hercules
The greatest hero; a mortal son of Jupiter raised to godhood, embodiment of strength and endurance.
Strength, heroic effort, endurance, courage; protector of the weak, of travellers and of the gymnasium; averter of evil; commerce, victory and sworn good faith (Rome).27HermesMercury
Messenger of the gods, deity of commerce, travelers, thieves, eloquence, and guide of souls.
Commerce, trade, travel, roads, thievery, deceit, boundaries, eloquence, psychopomp (guiding shades to the underworld), flocks.28HestiaVesta
Goddess of the hearth, home fire, sacred flame, state continuity, and domestic purity.
The domestic hearth, sacred civic flame, family unity, architectural home, state stability.29Hymenaeus (Hymen)Hymenaeus (Hymen)
God of weddings and the marriage ceremony; the personified wedding-song.
Weddings, the marriage rite and its torchlit procession, the wedding hymn, and the bridal chamber.30HypnosSomnus
God of sleep, slumber, rest, and subconscious tranquility.
Sleep, rest, dreams, unconscious state, relief from physical suffering.31JanusNo direct Greek equivalent
God of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, and endings.
Beginnings, gates, doorways (ianuae), transitions, civil peace and war, calendar beginnings (January).32LetoLatona
Titan goddess of motherhood and modesty; mother of Apollo and Diana.
Motherhood, modesty, the protection of the young; associated with wolves and with the night.33Moirai (the Fates)Parcae (Fata)
The three goddesses who spin, measure and cut the thread of every life.
Destiny, the allotted span of each life, the unchangeable future, birth and death.34Mousai (the Muses)Camenae / Musae
The nine goddesses of inspiration in poetry, music, dance and learning.
Epic and lyric poetry, history, music, tragedy, comedy, sacred hymns, dance and astronomy - the whole range of the arts and sciences.35NikeVictoria
Goddess of military triumph, athletic victory, and imperial success.
Victory in battle, competitive athletic triumphs, imperial dominance, fame.36NyxNox
Primordial goddess of the night and mother of many grim powers.
Night and darkness, and the dread and mystery bound up with them.37PanFaunus (Lupercus)
Horned god of the wild, flocks, forests, prophecy and rustic music.
Wilderness, woods and pastures, shepherds and flocks, fertility, prophecy, panic fear, and the rustic pipes.38Persephone (Kore)Proserpina
Queen of the underworld, goddess of spring growth, agriculture, and the cycle of seasons.
Spring regeneration, underworld sovereignty, souls of the dead, cycle of plant life, agriculture.39PomonaNo direct Greek equivalent
Goddess of fruit trees, orchards and the ripening of fruit.
Cultivated fruit and nut trees, orchards, gardens, the tending and grafting of trees, and abundance of the harvest.40PoseidonNeptune
Lord of the sea, earthquakes, storms, freshwater springs and horses.
Oceans and seas, seismic tremors and earthquakes ('Earth-Shaker'), freshwater and springs (original Roman role), marine life, navigation, horses and horse-racing.41Prometheus(Prometheus)
The Titan who defied the gods to give humankind fire and the arts of civilisation.
Forethought, cunning craft-intelligence, the benefaction of humanity; fire, technology and the crafts.42QuirinusNo direct Greek equivalent
Archaic god of the Roman citizenry, state assembly, and civic defense.
The Roman citizen body (Quirites), peaceful civic assembly, military readiness during peace, the state soul.43RheaOps
Titaness of the fertile earth, abundance, motherhood, and generation.
Earthly abundance, grain storage, maternal devotion, wealth, harvest prosperity.44Rhea / Gaia (identified with)Magna Mater (Cybele)
The Great Mother; an Anatolian mountain-goddess of wild nature, wild animals and the protection of the state.
Wild nature and mountains, wild animals (especially lions), fertility, cities and their walls, and the protection of Rome in war.45SeleneLuna
Goddess of the physical moon, nocturnal light, and monthly cycles.
The moon, nighttime luminosity, monthly lunar calendar, fertility, tidal rhythms.46TerminusNo direct Greek equivalent
God of territorial boundaries, property markers, treaties, and borders.
Land boundaries, boundary stones, property rights, inviolability of frontiers, treaties.47ThanatosMors
Personification of peaceful, inevitable death and the severing of mortal life.
Non-violent death, mortality, final rest, the inevitable end of earthly existence.48TritonTriton
Fish-tailed sea-god; herald and trumpeter of the ocean.
The waves and their sound; calming or rousing the sea with his conch-shell trumpet; a messenger of the deep.49TycheFortuna
Goddess of luck, chance, fate, prosperity, and unpredictable destiny.
Fortune, luck (good and bad), unexpected prosperity, sudden ruin, fate, steering the course of lives.50Uranus (Ouranos)Caelus
Primordial personification of the sky; the first ruler of the cosmos.
The sky and heavens themselves; the first sovereign power over the universe.51ZephyrusFavonius
God of the gentle west wind; herald of spring.
The west wind, spring breezes, new growth and flowers.52ZeusJupiter (Iuppiter / Jove)
King of the gods, ruler of the sky, weather, thunder, law and universal order.
Sky, thunder, lightning, storms, justice, law, statecraft, sworn oaths, hospitality (xenia), kingship.Sacred lineage
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